Polio Stricken Parents, Two Babies Flown Home--Mr. and Mrs. David Atkins of Wheaton, Ill., formerly of Atlanta, both of whom were stricken with polio within a week of each other, arrive here after a flight from Illinois and are greeted by Atkins' parents, the A. C. Atkins. Atkins holds his month-old son, who was born six days after his mother was stricken and the day before his father became ill. An 18-months-old daughter, Shirley Louise, is held by the grandfather. Atkins, a Georgia Tech graduate, was employed by a Wheaton firm.
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Polio Stricken Parents, Two Babies Flown Home--Mr. and Mrs. David Atkins of Wheaton, Ill., formerly of Atlanta, both of whom were stricken with polio within a week of each other, arrive here after a flight from Illinois and are greeted by Atkins' parents, the A. C. Atkins. Atkins holds his month-old son, who was born six days after his mother was stricken and the day before his father became ill. An 18-months-old daughter, Shirley Louise, is held by the grandfather. Atkins, a Georgia Tech graduate, was employed by a Wheaton firm.

Associated Press · [ca. November 1952]

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